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This plant has a unique look and brings rich deep color to the planter in the shady spot on the patio. Plan on bringing it inside to try to winter over.
Charmed® Wine Shamrock Oxalis triangularis
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Exposure
- Sun or Shade
Flower Season
- Spring
- Summer
Mature Size
Height: 6" - 16"
Spread: 10" - 12"
Height: 15cm - 41cm
Spread: 25cm - 30cm
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6 - 16 Inches12 - 14 Inches10 - 12 Inches15cm - 41cm30cm - 36cm25cm - 30cm
Features
Violet, shamrock-shaped leaves on this wine shamrock plant create a bold statement in containers and landscapes. This striking purple shamrock plant also produces delicate blushed flowers and works beautifully as an ornamental shamrock plant in shady areas and mixed plantings.
Award WinnerDeadheading Not NecessaryDrought TolerantCharacteristics
Plant Type:AnnualHeight Category:MediumGarden Height:6 - 16 Inches 15cm - 41cmSpacing:12 - 14 Inches 30cm - 36cmSpread:10 - 12 Inches 25cm - 30cmFlower Colors:PinkFlower Shade:PinkFoliage Colors:PurpleFoliage Shade:Black/PurpleHabit:MoundedContainer Role:FillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:Sun or ShadeThe optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category:EasyBloom Time:Mid-spring through SummerHardiness Zones:8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11bWater Category:AverageSoil Fertility Requirement:Average SoilUses:ContainerUses:LandscapeUses Notes:Use this wine shamrock plant in hanging baskets, combinations, window boxes and landscapes. Its rich foliage color makes it especially useful in shade container plants, where this purple shamrock plant adds contrast and texture in combination plantings.
Maintenance Notes:Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary for this wine shamrock plant. Charmed varieties of this oxalis triangularis plant work fine as short-term houseplants. However, under low-light conditions this purple shamrock plant is likely to stretch and become lanky.
If this happens the plants can be cut back to the top of the soil and they will push out new growth from the roots. It is best to execute this cut back when the plants will be moving to a new, sunnier environment. In most areas this oxalis triangularis plant will not be cold tolerant, but it will make an excellent annual groundcover and an attractive ornamental shamrock plant in shaded garden beds.
A yearly application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance for this wine shamrock plant, especially when used in shade container plants.
Am I lucky or what? Dark plum-colored shamrocks the size of your palm make this wine shamrock plant stand out in shady areas. Slender, celery green stalks 12 to 18 inches tall. Clusters of blush pink, lily-shaped flowerson this beautiful purple shamrock plant.
It took Proven Winners' plant breeders' years to make this improved oxalis triangularis plant extra healthy and easy to grow. Just remember that sun scorches my shamrocks, so please plant this ornamental shamrock plant in part to full shade where it will thrive among other shade container plants.
You can go berserk and bunch six or more plants together in a sun-challenged area, or do one plant per in smaller pots and group them. Hanging baskets, landscapes and window boxes are perfect spots.
About my roots: they prefer to stay moist but not soggy. Please make sure water drains freely though the pot or garden soil when growing this oxalis triangularis plant. Like all Proven Winners, this purple shamrock plant benefits from feeding once a month with an all-purpose fertilizer. Although this wine shamrock plant is typically grown as an annual except in zones 8–11, you can grow this ornamental shamrock plant indoors as well. All it needs is bright, indirect light and low humidity.
Since this oxalis triangularis plant goessemi-dormant in winter, go easy on watering and skip the fertilizer during that time. If anyone asks, this purple shamrock plant is the well-behaved clumping Oxalis, not the weedy spreading type.
Charmed® Wine Oxalis triangularis 'Jroxburwi' USPP 17,557, Can 2,949 -
54141431211Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
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Dee, New Jersey, United States, 4 years ago
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This plant has a unique look and brings rich deep color to the planter in the shady spot on the patio. Plan on bringing it inside to try to winter over.
Dee, New Jersey, United States, 4 years ago -
This plant has a unique look and brings rich deep color to the planter in the shady spot on the patio. Plan on bringing it inside to try to winter over.
Dee, New Jersey, United States, 4 years ago -
got my first Charmed one in a 3 inch pot years ago...Easy to re-plant after dormancy in garage turkey day till valentines day is great btw... break up the dirt and see all the longer pinkish bulbs they can be broken apart into small 5cm or 1/4 inch pieces and replant covered in new soil....you should get about 5 new 3 inch pots filled with purple shamrocks in 3 weeks...
Will Zone 6, 5 years ago -
Proviudes great contrast in my shade garden. Will be bringing it in for winter.
Kathleen, 9 years ago -
Love this plant every body that came to my house made comments on it
Kathy Bess, North Carolina, United States, 11 years ago -
Really great plant. I bought one a few years ago to decorate the table for St. Patrick's Day, and have since separated it several times and planted it in outdoor pots and shady flower bed areas. It looks very pretty in a pot with a prayer plant and also looks great mixed with green shamrocks (the big ones with pink flowers.) I'm in zone 8 and it overwinters fine with a little protection during the infrequent freezes. Even if it gets frost bitten, the tubers survive and it comes back in the spring.
Elizabeth, Louisiana, United States, 12 years ago -
I've grown this plant outdoors with great success. However, I'm having a hard time with it indoors. Strange.
Pierre Desjardins, Quebec, Canada, 12 years ago -
I like the color choices this plant have. This shamrock really makes for a great conversation piece. I live in Harris county TX, in zone 9. It does well in most shade for me.
Suzan Payne, Texas, United States, 12 years ago -
I was hesitant to buy this plant but glad I did. It has been the plant that everyone comments on.
Gini Tawwater, Texas, United States, 12 years ago
Award Year Award Plant Trial 2006 Best of Species Penn State University 2006 Best of Species Penn State University 2006 Best of Species Penn State University 2006 Best of Species Penn State University 2005 Arboretum Approved Dallas Arboretum 2005 Arboretum Approved Dallas Arboretum 2005 Arboretum Approved Dallas Arboretum 2005 Arboretum Approved Dallas Arboretum -
